Chapter 639

The backup array arranged by a generation of Void Refinement True Monarchs is extremely exquisite.

As long as Taisui's main body does not die, then this Soul-Hooking and Soul-Nailing Array will not cease.

This is because the energy of its array originates from the vast vitality on Taisui's physical body, and then borrows this power to nail Taisui's soul to death.

Such a method is unimaginable just by hearing about it.

It is equivalent to using Taisui's physical body as a prison to trap Taisui's soul; it is precisely using the body as a prison to hook the soul and nail the spirit!

Under normal circumstances, Luo Chen and these Core Formation cultivators have no way to break it at all.

But!

Taisui, who has suffered the pain of having his soul trapped for many years, came up with a method.

As long as the power of the main body is reduced, the power of the Soul-Hooking and Soul-Nailing Array will inevitably be weakened.

At that time, working from the inside and outside, transferring the main body's divine soul to this avatar of Ding Yi, the Soul-Hooking and Soul-Nailing Array will lose its target and collapse without being attacked.

Afterwards, taking out the main body and fusing the divine soul completes the cicada shedding its shell!

This concept, after Taisui spoke it out, was recognized by Luo Chen and the others.

That array succeeds because of the terrifying vitality contained in Taisui's main body, and it will also fail because the source of its power is Taisui's main body.

And now, what Luo Chen and the others have to do is how to weaken the power of Taisui's main body.

Regarding this.

Under Taisui's many years of planning, he had already thought of a countermeasure.

"This Thirty-Six Golden Altar Reincarnation Array is the most restraining to my wood-attribute physical body. As long as we do it little by little, like a dull knife cutting meat, plus the cooperation of my avatar, we will definitely be able to reach the point where my soul is freed."

Taisui said leisurely.

Behind him, Cave Master Moyun was walking on various golden magic altars, activating the array.

And at the core of that array, there were even more low-grade magic treasures used as suppression objects.

Counting it all up, there were a full thirty-six magic treasures!

Even if they were only low-grade, this method was astonishing enough, because they were all metal-attribute or low-grade magic treasures containing metal attributes!

Not only that, before Taisui entered the array, he also handed a storage bag of high-grade spirit stones and several top-grade metal-attribute spirit stones to Cave Master Moyun.

For this day, he had racked his brains for three hundred years!

The great array had not yet been fully activated, and Luo Chen had some leisure time at this moment. While marveling at this great method, he asked for details.

"Is Ding Yi willing to spend his savings like this?"

Taisui closed his eyes and said in a muffled voice: "Of course he is not willing. He is thinking every moment about getting rid of the influence of my residual thoughts. Buying Dust-Falling Pills from you was just a futile struggle."

"However, how many people in this world can resist my temptation?"

Luo Chen was surprised, "Temptation?"

Taisui smiled slightly, "Yes, the name of Taisui Spirit Medicine has spread throughout the cultivation world. It can bring the dead back to life and regrow flesh on bones, claiming to have the power of creation. Of course, such rumors are somewhat exaggerated, but the terrifying vitality contained in my main body is genuinely accumulated from being stained with the power of wood-system laws."

"Do you really think Ding Yi came to the Fallen Demon Land to solve the influence of my residual thoughts? He is actually coveting my main body, wanting to refine it into medicine to make a spirit medicine that can be used to impact the Nascent Soul stage."

Luo Chen was stunned.

But looking at the white meat ball in front of him that resembled meat jelly, he had to believe it.

He could feel that that thing indeed contained immeasurable terrifying vitality, even saying it was many times stronger than his own ancient fourth-rank physique!

Wood-system law power?

Luo Chen muttered.

And at this time, the Thirty-Six Golden Altar Reincarnation was ready.

Only hearing Cave Master Moyun give a low shout, a golden light rose up, covering Taisui's main body.

Among the five elements, metal overcomes wood.

With the pressure of the array, Taisui's main body was immediately about to resist.

But the Taisui residual thought on Ding Yi's body issued a command, forcibly suppressing the resistance of the main body.

The golden light fell, and as the white meat ball trembled, its aura immediately dropped.

Visibly to the naked eye, a cluster of the meat ball was separated.

The Golden Altar Reincarnation Array had taken effect.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Luo Chen's eyes bloomed with spiritual light, staring fixedly at Taisui's main body.

Observing the changes in the Soul-Hooking and Soul-Nailing Array on it.

It seemed, there was some weakening?

"Not enough!"

"Cave Master, please continue!"

Taisui gave a low shout.

Behind him, Cave Master Moyun did not hesitate and continued to activate the next Golden Altar Reincarnation Array.

Under his control, the golden light rose and fell, constantly falling on Taisui's main body.

And in order to suppress the resistance of the main body, the residual thought also used all its strength, its expression becoming increasingly ferocious.

Luo Chen had been watching this scene from the sidelines, with more of his attention still placed on observing the array.

Under his observation, he vaguely caught a glimpse of a little bit of the essence of this array.

"That Refining Heaven Demon Monarch extracted Taisui's vitality and transformed it into seven illusory rusty golden nails, nailing Taisui's seven spirits."

"Then using the body as a prison to lock its three souls."

"Just like that, a perfect array was constructed."

"Can I also arrange a similar array?"

Luo Chen's thoughts fluctuated, gathering many understandings of arrays, trying to draw inferences from one instance, or rather, to grasp the basics.

But the result left him somewhat frustrated.

He had no idea at all how to transform the substantial essence and vitality of the physical body into illusory spiritual power.

He could not condense those illusory golden nails.

Perhaps, Han Zhan could?

He told the other party this conjecture, and Han Zhan gave an answer.

"I also cannot do this level of transforming substance into form; that is a method involving the level of laws. Even saying, if it weren't for Taisui's own help, and using the method of drawing firewood from under the cauldron and destroying the foundation of the array, you wouldn't even have a tiny chance of breaking this array."

"However, this array did give me a little inspiration..."

Luo Chen was curious, "What inspiration?"

"Hehe, the reason inspiration is inspiration is that it hasn't been implemented yet. I don't know if it's right or wrong, so how can I relay it to you." Han Zhan chuckled and asked back: "Why, do you want to replicate this array?"

Luo Chen said: "How dare I."

Han Zhan didn't think deeply, but said: "Actually, in my opinion, such methods are the application of the essence of power. We low-grade cultivators, even if we cannot understand the essence of power, can use tools to achieve similar effects under the premise of knowing what it is but not knowing why it is so."

It was a bit confusing.

But Luo Chen today is no longer that little Qi Refining cultivator who knew nothing back then, and he could vaguely understand the general meaning of what Han Zhan said.

Tools...

"Could it be that what the senior is talking about is a divine soul-type magic treasure similar to the Lanke Black Chess?"

"You are quite smart." Han Zhan praised, then said: "However, such magic treasures are rare in the world. Even if my Luoyun Sect is proficient in soul-refining techniques, we still lack relevant treasures. The reason my Soul-Splitting Technique has been unable to reach Great Perfection is also because of this aspect."

To cultivate the Soul-Splitting Technique to Great Perfection, one needs relevant divine soul-type magic treasures.

Luo Chen wrote down this information.

Afterwards, he reflected on himself.

Divine soul-type magic treasures are indeed rare, especially the defensive types.

But offensive divine soul-type magic treasures do occasionally appear in the cultivation world, even if their grade is not very high.

Coincidentally, he had one on him.

"If I can learn three parts of the essence of this Soul-Hooking and Soul-Nailing Array, and then use external objects to cast it, I think I could replace the illusion technique of Mirror Flower and Water Moon."

Mirror Flower and Water Moon is very strong, and can make people fall into the trap unknowingly during battle.

But once this move is backlashed, it is extremely dangerous.

Therefore, when Luo Chen fights across levels, he rarely uses this technique unless he has no other choice.

And in Core Formation stage battles against peers, his other methods can completely crush them.

Over time, this illusion technique, which he had finally cultivated to Great Perfection and rooted in his eyes, gradually became like a chicken rib.

If there could be an alternative method, and it was by using external objects without backlashing himself, that would make up for Luo Chen's flaws in divine soul attacks.

With this idea, Luo Chen observed even more meticulously.

A pair of spiritual eyes did not blink at all, and even felt dry.

Time passed slowly.

In the Fallen Demon Abyss cave, most of the Thirty-Six Golden Altar Reincarnation Arrays had been activated.

Three top-grade metal spirit stones in Cave Master Moyun's hands had been sucked dry, not to mention that full storage bag of high-grade spirit stones.

And on Taisui's side, the changes were even more obvious.

The main body presented a fragmented state. Of the seven nails, four had already dissipated, and the remaining three had become increasingly illusory, obviously already tottering.

The residual thought avatar occupying Ding Yi's physical body was even more like a candle in the wind, with its waist and back hunched and crawling.

Sweat beads the size of pearls constantly dripped from his face, smashing onto the ground and breaking into petals one after another.

One can imagine how difficult it was for the residual thought to suppress the resistance of the main body.

Hum...

When another golden nail dissipated, Taisui gave a muffled hum and opened his mouth slowly: "Qingyang Demon Monarch, prepare on your side."

"Hmm."

Responding to him was just a simple "Hmm."

Taisui did not say much, but gave a low roar and pinched a spiritual formula.

The next moment, clusters of green moss flew in from outside the cave, converging toward his body.

These were all the power that Taisui had forcibly separated from his main body over the past thousand years to reduce the suppression force.

At this moment, they all converged onto Ding Yi's physical body as backup power.

"Eh?"

Luo Chen gave a light "eh," and the spiritual light on his protective shield flickered.

Vaguely, some tiny things, invisible to the naked eye, were wandering outside.

Just at this time, Taisui's voice came again.

"Do not resist, those are also the power I separated. Later, when you cast the Spirit-Blocking Great Array, you might be attacked by the Soul-Hooking and Soul-Nailing Array. With this power, you won't be recognized as an enemy."

Luo Chen was somewhat hesitant.

Taisui said in a low voice: "This is a battle between me and it. It's easy for outsiders to be accidentally injured if they intervene. It's best if you have my aura on you."

Luo Chen pursed his lips and released the protective shield, letting those invisible things attach to him.

His divine sense spread, and he saw that they were some tiny particles.

Spores?

As soon as this thought popped up, Luo Chen's attention was attracted by the movements of Cave Master Moyun.

Another Golden Altar Reincarnation Array was activated!

Time flew like a shuttle, like a white horse passing a crack.

When the last Golden Altar Reincarnation Array in the mountain cave lit up, it meant that this operation had come to an end.

Taisui was full of anticipation.

He could feel that the power of the Soul-Hooking and Soul-Nailing Array had been reduced to the extreme.

Even though the main body was broken, the divine soul that had been dormant for many years was gradually waking up.

Only one step away!

Suddenly, Cave Master Moyun pinched the formula and did not let go.

"At this moment, you should hand over the method to enter the inheritance land to me, right?"

Taisui seemed to have expected this long ago and was not too surprised, only feeling angry for a moment.

"You are too impatient."

Afterwards, he transmitted his divine sense over.

Luo Chen watched this scene without paying much attention, because it was his turn next. Whether he could isolate the pursuit of the Soul-Hooking and Soul-Nailing Array would depend on his Spirit-Blocking Great Array.

Behind, after Cave Master Moyun finished listening to what Taisui said, his expression was uncertain.

"Inside the tornado? Are you trying to deceive me? That place is so dangerous, I can feel it even without going in."

These words were not a transmission, but a direct question.

Even Luo Chen heard it clearly.

Taisui said in a deep voice: "As long as you follow the method I taught you and drive the magic treasure you refined in advance, you can enter the inheritance land unimpeded. Don't worry about me lying to you."

Cave Master Moyun hesitated for a moment, and finally his eyes became firm.

"I believe that an existence like you wouldn't use such things to deceive me."

After finishing, he cast the hand formula in his hand.

The next moment, a golden axe was seen chopping down from the air.

There was no movement, but in the hearts of the three, a cracking sound seemed to echo.

The last illusory nail was destroyed.

"Qingyang, hurry!"

Taisui gave a low roar and pointed at his own brow.

Instantly, a strong wind blew in the cave.

A divine soul that looked like substance slowly floated out from the fragmented Taisui main body.

Accompanying its appearance was a clattering sound.

Illusory chains with hooks were hooking that massive divine soul.

The massive divine soul flew out, moving extremely slowly, flying slowly toward Ding Yi's physical body.

Wherever it passed, the illusory hooks pulled it, making it stumble.

Luo Chen watched this scene and couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

Has the divine soul of a fifth-rank Taisui reached this point, where even the illusory divine soul has signs of solidification?

The marvel lasted only for a moment.

The Spirit-Blocking Great Array had already been activated.

Under his control, the array wrapped around Taisui's divine soul, like a filter, pulling away the weak hooks that had lost their massive vitality resources one by one from his body.

The massive divine soul moved forward bit by bit, breaking free from the shackles bit by bit.

Finally, it broke free from the Spirit-Blocking Great Array and struggled to fuse into Ding Yi's body.

Almost the moment it fused, the fragmented Taisui physical body lying on the ground in the center of the cave flashed with green light, and in the blink of an eye, it recovered as before.

As if the damage caused by the Thirty-Six Golden Altar Reincarnation Great Array to him was nothing more than a drizzle.

Also at this moment, Luo Chen's expression changed slightly.

Green light also flickered on his body.

It was the Taisui power that had attached to him before.

"What do you mean by this!"

Luo Chen shouted angrily.

Taisui turned a deaf ear and still closed his eyes, as if adapting to his own body.

And at the cave entrance, the pale-faced Cave Master Moyun glanced at the two, then rushed out without saying a word.

Without looking back!

After he left, Taisui slowly opened his eyes, his greedy gaze falling on Luo Chen.

"This physical body of Ding Yi, even after many years of training, is too reluctant to carry my massive divine soul. And before leaving the Fallen Demon Land, I cannot fuse with my main body physical body yet."

"This ancient beast body of yours is obviously better, even the best container."

"Fellow Daoist, I will accept it with a smile!"

When saying these words, he slowly raised his finger toward Luo Chen.

However, before he could activate those green lights, he saw clusters of cyan flames erupting from Luo Chen's body.

Those weak green lights, under these cyan flames, were like dry wood meeting a fierce fire, burning instantly.

Between the flickering of the fire, the red robe turned into black armor.

Luo Chen's eyes were cold, he stood up suddenly, and threw a punch.

"Do you really think Luo has no precautions against you at all?"

Instantly, in the mountain cave, wind and thunder raged.

The two were already very close, only a distance of one or two feet.

And at such a distance, the violent power in Luo Chen's physical body was enough to be exerted to the fullest.

Just one punch.

Taisui was blasted backward, like a broken cloth bag, smashing against the mountain wall.

Between his chest and abdomen, a large hole appeared.

Luo Chen slowly withdrew his hand, grabbing a golden core, and squeezed it gently.

Crack!

Ding Yi's golden core, which he had cultivated for hundreds of years, shattered suddenly.

Pure magic power poured out, forming a surging air wave in the mountain cave.

If it were a normal person, under this blow, even a Nascent Soul True Person would be dead beyond death.

However.

Taisui landed on the ground gracefully, just glanced at the large hole in his chest and abdomen, and shook his head.

"Why bother, it's just a trapped beast's struggle!"

Just at this moment, a sharp sword sound rang out.

Seven streaks of evil aura emerged from the sword box behind Luo Chen, flying out like meteors.

Seeing this, Taisui sneered.

"Such methods are even more shallow, and you dare to show off?"

However, the next moment, his expression changed.

Those seven streaks of evil aura crisscrossed in the air wave, vaguely constructing a sword array.

That sword array had a biting evil aura, sword energy crisscrossing, its power held back without being released.

No, this is definitely not Luo Chen's method!

He remembered very clearly that the few times Luo Chen had used this set of flying sword magic treasures before, the power was very ordinary.

But at this moment.

Could it be the method of another person hidden on Luo Chen?

Suddenly, he was furious!

That sword array was not coming for him, but was rushing toward his main body.

"Stop!"

With an angry shout, Taisui rushed over staggeringly.

But after rushing forward only a few feet, he realized something was wrong.

Attacking what must be saved, the purpose was still the original owner.

Sure enough, the sword array returned and covered Taisui's fat body.

Instantly, flesh and blood flew, and white bones were exposed.

"I underestimated you."

Taisui gritted his teeth, put his hands together, and unfolded a green umbrella.

He could feel that the power of this sword array was immense, not inferior to any Nascent Soul True Person's method.

Even if his main body faced it personally, he would have to be careful, let alone this avatar that had just fused.

As the air waves surged, a black light broke through the air.

"Humph!"

Taisui gave a light hum and spat out a breath of air; the black light instantly slowed down and revealed its figure in mid-air.

It was actually a black nail.

A nail?

Taisui trembled all over, instinctively feeling uncomfortable.

Just at this time, Luo Chen rushed out from the air wave, his five fingers spread, turning into a meat palm.

He slapped that black nail with one palm...

With terrifying power added, the black nail broke through layers of resistance and landed on Taisui's brow in an instant.

"Ah!!!"

The shrill howl almost shattered his eardrums.

Luo Chen gave a cold hum and retreated, with no intention of killing them all.

Taisui's divine soul was too massive; relying solely on this low-grade Soul-Breaking Nail might not necessarily kill the other party completely.

Taking advantage of the fact that the other party could only master part of Ding Yi's power from before he died, suppressing him for a short time was enough.

In his hand, he touched an object.

Cold and soft.

Spiritual light flickered, and that thing disappeared from the spot.

"Fellow Daoist, I will accept your body with a smile."

"No need to send me off!"

Before the words fell, Luo Chen had already rushed out of this cave, and before leaving, he even slapped back with one palm, shaking the mountain cave to collapse.

After he left, giant rocks rolled, and a large number of broken stones fell, completely burying this mountain cave.

About a few breaths later.

With a loud bang, Taisui stepped out from the dust, the black nail on his brow already forced out by three parts.

His face, dark as water, was full of anger at this moment.

His main body had been snatched away!

He had set his sights on Luo Chen's ancient beast body, and the other party had simultaneously set his sights on his Taisui body, which he had cultivated for ten thousand years.

The so-called oath and promise had already ended when the divine soul was freed.

Now it was truly losing the wife and the army.

He reached out his hand, grasped the black nail, and pulled it out bit by bit.

"Ah..."

With continuous painful screams, finally, the black nail fell to the ground with a clatter.

Looking at the dark abyss that saw no daylight, Taisui roared:

"You can't run!"

With a thought, green fluorescent lights suddenly appeared in the dark abyss that was originally pitch black.

Those were all the power he had separated over these hundreds of years, covering the entire Fallen Demon Abyss.

Qingyang Demon Monarch is still in the jar!

In the abyss, a figure rushed into the sky.

Luo Chen had a look of joy on his face.

Got it!

This fifth-rank Taisui was finally in his hands.

Taisui was coveting his ancient beast body, so how could he not have similar thoughts?

Along the way, Taisui had tested him many times and even had excessive actions, but he had endured them all. Wasn't what he was planning for today?

As for the process of the struggle, although there were accidents, the result was still within expectations.

As early as in the Blazing Purgatory, he had noticed that the other party seemed to dislike that kind of environment very much.

In other words, the fire spirit had a very strong restraining effect on Taisui.

Luo Chen had originally planned to use all his Wither-Glory True Fire to fight the other party, but after observing the Soul-Hooking and Soul-Nailing Array, he had other ideas.

Soul-Breaking Nail!

This magic treasure originated from the gift of Helian Yun, the Great Elder of the Lianyun Alliance, during the Battle of Great Snow Mountain back then.

At that time, the other party had fired three black nails: Soul-Breaking, Armor-Breaking, and Soul-Breaking, all in one breath.

After the other party died in battle, Luo Chen naturally harvested the corresponding spoils of war.

In many subsequent battles, the Soul-Breaking and Armor-Breaking nails had already been scrapped, and the Soul-Breaking Nail had also been shelved by Luo Chen.

This time, Luo Chen had a flash of inspiration, and using a similar method to the Soul-Hooking and Soul-Nailing Array, he struck Taisui's divine soul, achieving unexpected results, thereby winning time for him to collect Taisui's physical body.

"You should be glad that his power has been constantly dispersed over hundreds of years, and Ding Yi's golden core was destroyed by you. Otherwise, such a risky thing of pulling chestnuts from the fire, even with my help, would have had a great possibility of failure."

Han Zhan's voice echoed in his ears.

Luo Chen laughed heartily, "If he hadn't revealed such a state of weakness, how would I have had evil thoughts? Now that the matter is done, let's slip away!"

Amidst the hearty laughter, Luo Chen's wings trembled, and he went even faster.

An incense stick of time later.

Luo Chen fled into the abyss with a gloomy expression, the smile on his face had long since disappeared, replaced by the full activation of the Hidden Array.

Han Zhan gave a bitter smile, "That kind of existence is not so easy to deal with; you should have thought of this point long ago."

Luo Chen said nothing, and cyan flames erupted on his body again.

On his arm, the mushroom that had just grown turned into ashes instantly.

Just now, when he was about to fly away from the abyss, a giant mushroom ran out from somewhere and blocked his path.

That mushroom was very strong, but under Luo Chen's full eruption, he was still not afraid of it.

But after destroying that mushroom, small mushrooms began to grow on his body for some reason.

These mushrooms were constantly absorbing the magic power on his body.

If it weren't for the Wither-Glory True Fire being able to restrain them, Luo Chen would probably have become a mushroom man by now.

And such existences began to appear constantly inside and outside the abyss.

Luo Chen understood that these things should all be the power that Taisui had forcibly separated over the past few hundred years to break free, just like the residual thought on Ding Yi's body.

These powers separated by Taisui were not strong enough to be unable to resist, but that strange power...

Could that be the so-called law power?

But, isn't it said that ordinary wood and stone spirits, even if they reach the fifth rank, cannot use the law power on their bodies?

More mushrooms grew from his head.

Luo Chen brushed his hand over, cyan flames lingering, emitting a strange fragrance.

If given enough time, relying on the strengthened Wither-Glory True Fire, he would definitely be able to eliminate this power.

But what he lacks now is time.

"I can't fight these guys anymore; I can't kill them, and instead, my magic power is becoming thinner and thinner."

Han Zhan asked: "Then how are you going to leave this abyss?"

Luo Chen scanned his surroundings.

On the cliff top, countless Taisui avatars were beginning to converge. If Taisui's divine soul directed and controlled them, those avatars would definitely be even more formidable.

And at the bottom of the abyss.

Luo Chen only took one look and withdrew his gaze with palpitations.

Finally, he looked at the massive spiritual energy tornado that connected heaven and earth.

He gritted his teeth, turned his head, and changed direction.

But after the time of a cup of tea, several green lights flew over, and vaguely, voices emerged.

"Can't escape, you can't escape."

"Give it back to me, give my body back to me!"

Looking at these Taisui avatars, which were as strong as Core Formation and as strong as fourth-rank fire spirits, Luo Chen was forced to retreat.

He was not afraid of hard ones; even if a Nascent Soul True Person was in front, he would dare to fight now.

But that kind of power that, once stained, was like a maggot on the tarsal bone, drawing magic power and even essence blood from his body, he didn't want to touch it at all.

"You guys are ruthless!"

Luo Chen cursed in a low voice and headed straight for the sky-reaching tornado.

Han Zhan watched this scene silently, muttering in his heart: "I'm afraid this is what you subconsciously hoped for, which led to this decision!"

A few breaths later.

Taisui controlled his fat body and arrived outside the spiritual energy tornado.

His robe was rolled by the strong wind, making a hunting sound, and the flesh on his face was also constantly trembling.

"Damn it, he really went in!"

After cursing, Taisui fell into a dilemma.

Finally, he looked at the increasing number of green lights around him, which were as many as several hundred.

"If I want to leave the Fallen Demon Land, I can only pass through Mingzhaotian."

"The Soul-Hooking and Soul-Nailing Array is gone, and without the main body to attract it, the True Monarch restriction should not be triggered again."

"Let's give it a try!"

Gritting his teeth, Taisui opened his mouth.

The next moment, the hundreds of green lights around him began to converge toward him.

His body also began to expand and grow larger crazily, as if it had been inflated.

The hole in his chest and abdomen that had been hit by Luo Chen before was also gradually filled with flesh and blood.

His aura also began to climb constantly!

In the blink of an eye, it had already exceeded the Core Formation stage, reaching the early Nascent Soul stage, middle stage, and even the peak of the middle stage.

When he reached that last step, he couldn't cross it no matter what.

Taisui cursed in a low voice again, then carefully stepped into the tornado.

As the spiritual energy swept, after only a few turns, Taisui's figure disappeared completely.

(End of chapter)

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